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The Trump administration is prohibiting officials at the nation's top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases — including "fetus" and "transgender" — in any official documents being prepared for next year's budget.
Policy analysts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta were told of the list of forbidden words at a meeting Thursday with senior CDC officials who oversee the budget, according to an analyst who took part in the 90-minute briefing. The forbidden words are "vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," "transgender," "fetus," "evidence-based" and "science-based."
What does Trump have against evidence and science? Oh, right.
In some instances, the analysts were given alternative phrases. Instead of "science-based" or "evidence-based," the suggested phrase is "CDC bases its recommendations on science in consideration with community standards and wishes," the person said.
Oh Spiffy!
'The facts are these, but the community wishes that tr*nsg*nd*r people didn't exist, therefore to spare the feelings of the community, we recommend ignoring those-people-that-we-aren't-allowed-to-talk-about.'
People whine about Political Correctness when it's about calling people by a name they prefer, but this is straight up politically motivated government censorship.
People whine about Moral Relativity when it's about, I dunno, being nice to gay people, but this is straight up having the government make medical decisions based on community feelings rather than the evidence.
Policy analysts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta were told of the list of forbidden words at a meeting Thursday with senior CDC officials who oversee the budget, according to an analyst who took part in the 90-minute briefing. The forbidden words are "vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," "transgender," "fetus," "evidence-based" and "science-based."
What does Trump have against evidence and science? Oh, right.
In some instances, the analysts were given alternative phrases. Instead of "science-based" or "evidence-based," the suggested phrase is "CDC bases its recommendations on science in consideration with community standards and wishes," the person said.
Oh Spiffy!
'The facts are these, but the community wishes that tr*nsg*nd*r people didn't exist, therefore to spare the feelings of the community, we recommend ignoring those-people-that-we-aren't-allowed-to-talk-about.'
People whine about Political Correctness when it's about calling people by a name they prefer, but this is straight up politically motivated government censorship.
People whine about Moral Relativity when it's about, I dunno, being nice to gay people, but this is straight up having the government make medical decisions based on community feelings rather than the evidence.